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Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org At the time of Jesus, many were saying that God is coming to intensify the law so better get ready. Some said that God is mad and that’s bad news for all of us.   Then Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Our gospel today Mark 3:13-19, Jesus “went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted” to be his disciples. The mountain represented a quiet place away from the crowds that were surrounding him, and also Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Seldom does the gospel ever show Jesus as angry. Yet today Jesus is clearly angry and provoked by the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and their hardness of heart. They have closed themselves off to Jesus and his Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Jesus and his disciples are once again scolded by the scribes and Pharisees, not for plucking and eating grain from the fields, but for doing it on the Sabbath. In defending his disciples, Jesus argues Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Our Gospel today from Matthew 19:16-22 is the story of the rich young man. The man asks Jesus what he has to do to have eternal life. Jesus tells him to sell what he has, give the Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org I have been privileged to have been to Cana five times. Each time Sheila and I have had our marriage blessed. As I reflect upon this today, I ask God to bless all of your marriages and smooth Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org When Jesus called his apostles to follow him, such as Levi in today’s gospel, he didn’t give them time to turn in a two weeks notice at work as they quit their jobs. When someone wanted Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our gospel today Mark 2:1-12, a group of men bring a paralyzed man to Jesus. They can’t get into the door of the house where Jesus is because of the crowd, so they drop Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Under Jewish law a person who had leprosy could not approach another person without warning them he was coming. Lepers were outcasts of society. They were driven from their homes and left to fend for themselves. Read more…